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Haha - a thread just for ME!
Actually, I don't have much more to add to the very articulate Bloodslick or to ART.
My childhood involved everything on the list as well. I wish it hadn't. (I was just talking about this to my friend tonight, strangely enough.) Religious tenets aside, a lot of the beliefs I had about politics and society are not the beliefs I have now. For instance, I feel completely different about homosexuality, divorce, and liberal movements in general. I resent having been taught what was "right" and what was "wrong," and I am ashamed of having campaigned for those beliefs that I held so dear. I would certainly not have found my religion in another way.
The one good thing about growing up in church for me was the sense of leadership it gave me; having filled various necessary roles there, a lot of my personal growth came from being a member of and helping out my youth group. Still, young people can get that in nonreligious spheres.
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